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- dandiemer, on 10/12/2007, -5/+28Keychain. No digg.
- 1911wolf, on 10/12/2007, -4/+16ditto.
Why use an external app when it's already built-in? - 1911wolf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7You could use "LittleSnitch" if you're ever worried about any app calling home.
- the_snitch, on 10/12/2007, -5/+10another example that pay-per-digg is alive and well
- SwitchedtoMac, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This is in reply to all the knuckheads here who are saying that this app is the same thing as using Safari. First of all, you don't know what you are talking about. Second of all, unlike Safari's weak auto-fill, it works. For us switchers who couldn't live without Roboform, it is a godsend! I spent a year searching for a Roboform like application for the Mac and until now there wasn't one that was even close. All the other password keeper apps for Mac are just warehouses for passwords. They are not an intelligent form filler. Cutting and pasting from one of these apps isn't worth it. If you don't understand what this app does then maybe you should learn before commenting. When I switched to Mac, I was sad to see that Safari's auto-fill could only successfully fill about 30% of the sites I used Roboform for Windows to do. With 1Passwd, I am now back at 100%. Get this app! Nothing else comes close or compares.
- omnivector, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Apparently you're too retarded to go to the webpage and view the demo. It does a few things that keychain doesn't: it stores MORE THAN ONE account per page (one of the things that always drives me nuts about browsers) and it shares all the password infos between safari, firefox, and camino. That sounds pretty useful to me.
- Fubie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I wish they had an app like this for Linux. I used Roboform for Winders and it was great.
- Sidnak, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I plan on getting a mac soon and was looking for something comparable to Roboform for windows. This looks like it. Thanks
- shpider, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I've been using this application since an early beta and find it indispensable. I bought it within a few days. It is essentially what RoboForm is on the PC. It stores data for ALL fields.
I've seen many folks bitching about the fact that it uses keychain... Yes it does, and I'm glad it does. Why rewrite a secure way to store passwords when apple has already provided a "container" that is already secure and heavily encrypted? It also makes transfering your passwords to a new (or another) machine a breeze and it also lets you sync your passwords on multiple machines just by using iSync.
Great Application. - linkerjpatrick, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4This looks like a function improvement over what I use now on OSX. I currently use KeepassX on OSX - http://keepassx.sourceforge.net/
The reason I use it is because up until recently I was using Keepass on Windows XP and the data file is compatible between the two OSs which I still use both.
The form filler and integration with browser make this tempting to switch. I just wish it was cross platform as I do need to switch between computers on the too. I will install it however to show to clients who use OSX as a password management option. - roustk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Yes, it ignores autocomplete=off
http://1passwd.com/guide/about/going_beyond_the_safari_autofill - Goldspink, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2the only way this would be useful is if it lets the browser ignore autofill=off, e.g. on Yahoo login. The usual bookmarklets for this don't seem to work on Safari.
(Anyone know of one that does?) - roustk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Since it is built on on top of Keychain API, all information is encrypted and can be automatically synced and backed up with .Mac.
- Sidnak, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I dont see it on their site, but Im assuming the information that it stores is encrypted? I guess Ill have to look a little harder.
- SilentKenshin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I just use the auto fill in Firefox. Or I tell firefox to remember all my logins and passwords.
- closebeauty, on 02/11/2008, -0/+2I like 1passwd and i'm using it on my mac computer.
It is like Roboform from windows.
Really a Roboform like tool http://www.roboform-fans.com
Named as roboform for mac http://www.roboform-fans.com/roboform-for-macs-1pa ... - willlow, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4I use steel: http://homepage.mac.com/gabrieledesimone/Steel/ the best damn little password saver there is on the mac.
- nazzdeq, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5
I use info.xhead http://www.xheadsoftware.com/info_xhead.asp it stores not only passwords, but other info like your software serial keys, credit card info, or anything you want. You can customize it and create any fields you like. - starquake, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5bloop?
- NSResponder, on 10/12/2007, -6/+7Umm.. So what? Safari already does this.
-jcr - Aqueous, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5Try reading up on it before you decide its a redundant application.
- saggygrandma, on 08/19/2008, -0/+1.
- studawg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I use Camino most of the time. When I am in Firefox I just have it remember my passwords.
- coldfusion1970, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Nice demonstration movie. The app looks very useful.
Am i being overly paranoid if i worry that putting my passwords and credit card information into a new application from a company i've never heard of, makes it easy for them to steal IF they had bad intentions ... - Morky, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2What's nice is that you can define values for ALL the common fields used in web forms. I don't know of another app that does that.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Yeah, I have something like that. It's called Notepad.
- Rico1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I highly recommend this app. Coming over from the windows side, I was spoiled with RoboForm and all of its features. Password manager comes close. With it, I was able to import my 238 entries from roboform. The developer is very open minded and listens to our request for features. Pretty soon, it should have the ability to select the site you want to go to and populate the fields.
- chiefted, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I can also recommend this app. I got it through MacZot at a discount and
well it really works well. - phileplanet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I would agree with you but I still can't figure out how to get the keychain to fill my forms after I add my password to it. Can someone please explain it to me because the people at the Apple store don't seem to know.
- saggygrandma, on 08/19/2008, -0/+1thank you, I have been looking for something like this for my parents to store all there passwords instead of the notebook next to the computer!
- smeager, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I actually use a program called Wallet from Waterfall Software : http://www.waterfallsw.com/wallet/. It has more features then Password Manager and it's only $14.95. I saw it demoed on Macbreak and since I'm notorious for losing software keys it has already paid for itself.
- ChillyWilly5280, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Cool, but spam. Marked as such.
- parrotscience, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1The Password Maker extension for Firefox will create a unique password for every site you visit based on your one master password... works well (as long as I never leak my master pass!)
- mikae1, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1KeePassX springs to mind. Cross platform...
- ibnabouna, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Nice, but this strikes me as a $19.95 application. The current price is more than I personally would pay for a password manager.
- johnyy8, on 05/16/2009, -0/+01Password takes care of all your online passwords so you can use strong and unique passwords for every site and never forget any of them!
In short, 1Password keeps track of all your web passwords, automates sign-in, guards from identity theft, and allows you to stop worrying about your safety while online.
http://automatic-form-filler.for-mac.cc/ - rubeus, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2I don't need another app to collect and store personal information, the creators are basically trying to sell the functionality of OS X's keychain as some new product, which it's not. That's lame. I think saving multiple form entries might be a new feature somehow but...i'm sure there are other plugins for each browser on the market, so why would i want to have a nosy program doing that? I wish someone would do an analysis to see if it's sending personal info off to be collected. Apps like these are great for that sorta purpose... If I were to run this program I'd try to stop it from accessing any ports to the outside. I don't think anyone is wrong to be skeptical about something like this, it's not exactly a carefree subject, personal data that is.
- rubeus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1It actually uses the OSX Keychain program to do it's encryption. If you look at some the screenshots it says it will need to set up a new keychain. Kinda funny how a program replicating the behavior of another program actually requires that other program to function. Did you get all that? So yea, it's just like using Keychain.app cause, 1Passwd does.
- Anechoic, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Autocomplete Always On!: http://www.magicpubs.com/mac/software/autocomplete/
- smeager, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1The do. Its called KeePassX
http://sourceforge.net/projects/keepassx/ - WaltCD, on 02/20/2008, -0/+0Obviously, Kroc, you realize as great a program as Notepad is, it doesn't automatically fill in passwords and such. Plus, it's a Windows program. Here, we're looking for a form filler, password filler for Macs.
Thanks for the input, though.
Walt D in LV - ramikassab, on 09/30/2008, -0/+0You guys have to try this app before you talk it down. This is one of the only password managers for OS X that ALSO has an iPhone app. For those who have an iPhone, you'll appreciate how necessary it is to have this software on the iPhone as well. Aside from all of that, this app is very versatile and has many useful features. It's fully capable of holding any secure data you may need to store. I run a business and have a plethora of secure information that I need to remember. This app now does it all for me and I don't have to worry about it. If I'm out and about and some business information is requested , such as my company's tax ID, I can easily pull it up on the phone. It's free to try, I urge you guys... give it a shot. I did and just now made the purchase. I would say that it's a bit spendy in relation to the other applications that serve a similar purpose; however, 1Password does have much more to offer. It's not just an OS X app, it's an iPhone app and soon a web app.
- keeppc, on 08/20/2008, -0/+0Yes, 1Passwd is a nice password manager software for mac:
Learn more here:
http://password-manager.for-mac.cc/ - BaliRakhra, on 11/06/2008, -0/+0I've just managed to get Roboform working on OS X. It's not great, a little buggy, but I've managed to get all my passwords accessible within Firefox. I just bought my first Mac 2 days ago and when I realised Roboform didn't officially work for OS X I was at the point of despair. I have almost 70 passwords saved in Roboform.
During my getting to know OS X phase, I stumbled across a piece of software called Crossover which sits inside OS X and allows you to install Windows programs in a 'bottle' directly within OS X without the need of Boot Camp or virtualisation software (Parallels VmWare etc). I then installed Firefox for Windows in a Crossover bottle, which although Firefox isn't one of the officially supported apps by Crossover, it still allows you to install unsupported ones (at your own risk though they say, so install in a separate bottle to any other bottles you may have set up). After that install Roboform in the Firefox bottle. I even managed to get Roboform Pro activated, although this crashed a few times first, and after removing the Roboform (and once even the Firefox) installs from OS X and reinstalling them, Crossover somehow picked up the previous settings and no sooner had I reinstalled roboform, it was already pre-set to Pro settings with all my passwords. Voila! I can now access all my passwords and save them.
But... there are a few caveats. Firstly, as I've said, it is buggy and the Roboform toolbar does tend to close itself and disappear. Sometimes it can be made visible again by 'right clicking' the toolbar area and ticking it back on, but other times it isn't even available to be ticked back on. Just restart Firefox and it appears again.
Also, I can't vouch for Roboform's encryption. Indeed, it seems to be opening up websites and logging me in without even asking for my master password! So ok, it's not perfect, but I'm willing to take the gamble given that OS X isn't as much a target by hackers as Windows is. I won't use it often, only when I need quick access to a site for which I don't want to wait the time it takes to start up XP under Parallels.
I will be contacting Crossover, Firefox and Roboform to see if they can't work together on this one to make it slightly less buggy as a workaround until they come out with an official Mac version. Good luck guys and I hope this post makes life easier for some of you out there, - babakshirazi, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Just checked out info.xhead...that's just what I was looking for. Thanks for the info.
- nazzdeq, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0
Yeah and your notepad doesn't do blowfish encryption or let you create various categories with specific fields does it? Good luck searching through your notepad and organizing hundreds of website passwords, credit card info, serial keys, addresses, recipes, code snippets, etc. I used to use Excel for this, but not anymore. - rickcr, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0For a Mac only solution info.xhead is still the best out there http://www.xheadsoftware.com/info_xhead.asp KeePassX http://keepassx.sourceforge.net/screenshots/ is nice also since it's cross-platform, but it doesn't allow for customizable fields like info.xhead. Auto-fill to me isn't that big of a deal (although info.xhead will launch and fill logins for you), what is important is an "all around" versatile password manager which this current dig post is not. I care more than just auto-fill on web based accounts - password managers should be able to keep all your accounts in one place (maybe bank account info, credit card info numbers, etc.) This is why I choose info.xhead over the ones listed.
- dalesmatrix, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3Keychain doesn't work in Firefox (at least I can't seem to see where), so count that as an anti ditto. Also keychain in safari seems a bit hot or miss. I'm praying this works as well as roboform on the PC, which to this day is the one app I sorely miss from my windows days.
- ricardob, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1digg is not the place to let people know they improved something in their software. There are sites for that and they know it. They are abusing digg for marketing purposes.
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